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~Kozuke~"Woo. . ." I say halfheartedly as I follow after her, keeping my pace in line with hers. As anxious as I was to get started, I knew better than to voice my concerns. We would be there soon enough, regardless.

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~Choma“Sorry I’m late, guys. My mom kept trying to force me to eat more rice again,” I say with a slightly frustrated tone as I jog up to my team. “Honestly, it tastes so good but that much rice isn’t good for anyone. I had to promise her to have dessert tonight before she would even let me leave. Not that I’ll conplain, but still,” I finish, chuckling a little.

“Anyways, did I miss anything?”

~Yabuto“Speak of the devil. Well, looks like you’re all here. I should probably go find my team, so unless you guys need anything from me then I’ll be off.”

~KiraThis time I had it for sure.

“Doton: Renga no Jutsu!” I shouted aloud as I completed the last hand seal. From in front of me, the ground shot up - but it wasn’t what I’d expected. Instead of a wall, I’d created a really all but very thin pillar of earth.

“Now what is this supposed to defend?” I groan, falling onto my back as I let out a sigh. This was harder than I’d expected. I guess my chakra shaping still needed some work.

"'Kay," I said. "If we have some spare time beforehand, then I'll be happy to go through some taijutsu techniques with you!"

- Shigure -

"Cheating is not allowed on the written exam," Hideo said sharply. "That will get you and the rest of your team disqualified. But otherwise, good. Shigure, history question. In the early days, what's the religion the Sage of Six Paths taught?"

"Ninshu." Before Hideo could go on, I added, "I hate to say this, but I agree with Hakari. These questions are too easy." Especially for a trained Kirigakure Jinchuriki and . . . well, me.

Silence spun out among us. Hideo seemed to be in careful thought -- too careful, for someone who was simply quizzing his Genin. Then I heard him lick his finger and turn the next few pages of his notepad. "All right, Hakari. I'll give you a hypothetical situation. Say you're out scouting for the team. You're alone when, suddenly, three Iwagakure ninja ambush you. You don't know who they are, nor the extent of their abilities, but they look like Jonin. How do you retaliate? Barring the usage of the six-tailed demon's power and using the chance to run away, there is no wrong answer."

~Hakari“It’s not cheating if you’re not caught,” I mutter under my breath. There was no point arguing with him. He wouldn’t listen, and I wasn’t going to change my mind. No point in trying to cram a bunch of useless information into my head before the exams.

“Hmm... well, first I would try to gauge if they’re likely to use deadly force or not. If there’s no murderous intent, I’ll probably just try to make them underestimate me, perhaps even surrender. Once they let their guards down, I’ll either escape or kill them, depending on the situation,” I say coolly, since it was really no big deal to me. “If they do have murderous intent though... well, I could still try to make them underestimate me by seeming weak and trying to get them to lower their guard a little, but that’s much harder with people who are out to kill you; especially Jonin. In that case, I would probably use Hiding in Mist jutsu right away. Maybe try to split one off and kill him either by laying a trap or ambushing him, but if I need to battle then I suppose I would while trying to kill him as quickly as possible while minimizing my chakra use and any damage I take. Then do the same with the other two if possible. If they stayed together, then I would try to hide in the surroundings as much as I could and wait to get a lucky shot,” I said, going through the entire scenario as they’d taught me in the Hidden Mist. “Oh, and I guess I should probably notify any nearby allies to my location or regroup, I suppose,” I say with a yawn, almost as an afterthought. Not like they would be much help anyways - they’d probably just get in the way. “Anyways, can we start training for the practica exam now? I need to make sure I’m still in good condition, and unfortunately I don’t get nearly as much time to train as I’d like. So yeah. Plus there’s some new things I want to try,” I intoned, slightly insolently, as I looked over at Hideo.

~Yabuto“Uh huh. I’m more worried about you three. Don’t get into any trouble; we have shinobi coming in from all the other villages, so don’t do anything that would embarrass Konoha,” I retort.

“Besides winning is nothing crazy. My team has it in the bag,” I say proudly. “Take care guys!” I add before heading off to find the team.

~Choma“So are we going to be doing anything during the exams? I was wondering if they would ask us to help with security or something in the exams maybe. But maybe they already have enough Jonin you handle it.”

~Kira“Watch out!” I called. I’d used Doton: Renga no Jutsu again, and this time the wall went out only from the right side.

~Kozuke~Sensing the movement of the earth and hearing Kira's cry, I instinctively grab Sanari's arm and scoop up Kaede before leaping backwards, dodging the wall as it slams in front of us. I land and skid back a couple feet before releasing Sanari and her dog.

"You should be more aware of your surroundings, Kira. We can't afford hurting each other during the Exams when everyone else will be trying their hardest to do just that."

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Realizing a year late I haven't given credit to Lady Sen for the amazing avi! <3

~KiraStanding up as I dust my hands off, I don't even notice Kozuke and Sanari until the former calls out to me.

"Oh, hey guys! My bad, didn't know anyone was around - plus, it's not like I would've done that on purpose if I knew you guys were there. I'm still trying to get the hang of the basics of Earth Style but I think there's something I'm missing..."

"I don't know if I should use it during the exams. I can't really control it yet - the wall was supposed to go up in front of me, not out to the right like that. It would've just left me wide open, and wasted my chakra. Plus I might actually hit one of you guys next time by accident. I think it still needs a bit more practice. What about you guys, how has it been going with getting ready?"

~Hakari"It's not confidence. It's experience. I've already killed more people than I can count, so it's not a big deal," I say, trying to scare him off. "This stuff is all second nature to me." Kill... or be killed. That's how it was in Kirigakure. Only the strong survived, and if you hesitated for even a second, you were dead.

~Choma"That's great and all but who do we even talk to so that we can help in the exams? Is there a jonin in charge?" I ask as Inochida already gets ahead of himself.